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Sydney dust storm

View from Rookwood cemetery, Lidcombe, Sydney Photograph: Sach Killam A pick from the Guardian’s pick of Sydney dust storm pictures. Nothing really to add, just wanted to fix this event in place on the blog… (via Sydney dust storm: your … more…

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Simply Wrong

Mick Hucknall attempts to argue in the Guardian that copyright is socialist (yeah?), and seeks to justify its extension (yeah?!???) — and predictably goes down in a hail of bullets. For long-standing personal reasons, I am more inclined to cut … more…

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Ministers accused of sidestepping torture ban

Yesterday’s Guardian: The government is undermining the ban on torture enshrined in domestic and international law in a mistaken belief that it would help counter terrorism, a human rights group warns today. The warning, by Human Rights Watch, comes as … more…

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Virgin ends ad campaign with anarchic site over images of Branson

Excellent news from the Guardian: Virgin has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after a new viral advertising campaign backfired spectacularly. The company had asked readers of b3ta.com, an online community known for bad taste jokes, to create a new … more…

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